Malayan Water Shrew vs wormseed

Chimarrogale hantu compared with Artemisia maritima

Key Differences

  • Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened while wormseed is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Malayan Water Shrew wormseed
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha) Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family Soricidae Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus Chimarrogale Artemisia
Species Chimarrogale hantu Artemisia maritima

Conservation Status

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

wormseed

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Malayan Water Shrew wormseed
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

wormseed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Malayan Water Shrew

No description available.

wormseed

No description available.

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